CPT® 0685U, Under Proprietary Laboratory Analyses
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 0685U as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Proprietary Laboratory Analyses.
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Summary
This is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code, meaning that the code applies to only one unique lab test made by a specific manufacturer or performed by a specific lab. Report 0685U only for Alcohol T–Score™ (Saliva) from Quantigen®. This test uses whole blood or saliva to analyze DNA methylation of five markers: four content markers, cg02583484, cg04987734, cg09935388, and cg04583842, and one normalizing marker, cg08141395. The test uses methylation–sensitive digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The results are analyzed by an algorithm and reported as a summed T–score for alcohol use disorder.
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